In this collection, we present a selection of PLOS articles representative of the innovative agricultural research taking place in tropical countries and driving forward the development of…
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Earth & Environment Tropical Agriculture
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Earth & Environment Ocean Sciences
Over the past decade, critical insights and advances have been made in the field of Ocean Sciences. From the use of eDNA barcoding, to investigations of ocean microplastics and studies of the effect…
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collection Confronting Plastic Pollution to Protect Environmental and Public Health
Nearly 50 years after researchers first found specs of plastic floating in the Atlantic Ocean, microplastics are everywhere. In this collection, our expert editors have compiled evidence-based…
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collection Human Genetic Admixture
Throughout human history, large-scale migrations have facilitated the formation of populations with ancestry from multiple previously separated populations. This process leads to subsequent shuffling…
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Biology & Life Sciences Paleoecology and Paleobiology of Extinct Species
This Collection showcases recent publications that aim to reconstruct extinct species’ interactions with both the abiotic and biotic environment, including unraveling past faunal communities from…
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Biology & Life Sciences Diagnostic Tests in Low-Resource Settings
Advances in technology and engineering over the past few decades have led to an increased interest in developing new, low-cost diagnostic techniques for use in resource-constrained settings…
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Biology & Life Sciences Social Psychiatry
Social contexts and environments have a critical influence on psychiatric morbidity. Whilst biological mechanisms can explain some aspects of psychiatric disorders, their influence is moderated by a…
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Medicine & Health Antiviral Innate Immunity
Viral infections are an important cause of death worldwide. In addition to established human pathogens, spillover from animal reservoirs cause emergent and re-emergent viral infections, such as the…
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collection Public Health Implications of a Changing Climate
This Collection uses the lens of climate change to address effects on public health with a particular focus on the spread of infectious diseases. These articles present impactful research on One…
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collection Education Research Collection
This Collection highlights some of PLOS ONE’s publications across the broad field of education research, from early childhood education to higher education faculty training, on a variety of study…